Another funny idea discussed with @cookielovetorun because Pitaya is the BEST dragon and no one can tell me otherwise.
Ever heard of a domino effect?
It's certainly a truly real and comprehendable thing as dragons would find out. For every action has an equal...and sometimes BIGGER reaction. And it all started on one Pineapple Island.
SLAP!!
The Mango Tribe members looked on in utter shock. A certain dragon found their head suddenly looking the opposite way. A loud sound ringing through their skull. And a hit hard enough to send their head snapping, pain in their cheek. And the source of this pain?
"You keep the Red Dragon's name out of your egotistical holier than thou mouth!"
Ananas slowly looked at their wife, a hand coming to press against their sore cheek. Never once had she ever slapped them across the face before let alone in front of anyone. Yet there the woman was death glaring at them. What had they done to earn it? Well-
"Did you hear the news?"
"What news?"
Her concerned face turned up to look at them. "Pitaya returned to Dragon's Valley and they're not in good shape. Apparently rumors already got out about an injured dragon and their poor wife is so scared about hunters coming next."
"Tch. Well that's what they get I suppose."
She had looked at him. "I beg pardon?"
"It was only a matter of time. Instead of having any common sense and staying in their valley, they went galavanting off head first into a fight that wasn't even theirs." She still stared at them. "Served them right. They were always the stupi-"
And then the strike came.
And now Ananas was staring dumbfounded as their wife proceeded to tear into them.
"You're one to talk!! No one made you join a war but when's the last time you got your fat tail off that stupid throne of yours and did something to prove the name of the 'benevolent' Golden Dragon!?" She gave a harsh shove to their chest. "The Red Dragon risked their life battling the greatest threat on earthbread helping to save everyone including YOU, ME, and the Mango Tribe by the way and all you can say to that is that they're stupid for not hiding away like you!? Ananas, you are many things but a noble warrior you are not!! Even if they did die, they would have done so nobly on the battlefield for a good cause trying to protect everyone they loved dear, complete strangers, and even the rest of their kin! Do not open your mouth about this subject again unless you are ready to deal with the consequences of spouting such utter foolery or to apologize for the wrongful things you so foolishly spouted."
She then turned and walked away without giving them even a chance to process what had just happened as they just stood there blinking, clutching their cheek, and a few Mango Villagers awkwardly stood by watching.
"Mango Cookie! Mother needs your boat, Sweetie!"
Really no one should've been surprised during the second domino falling. After all it wouldn't have been the first time Longan had gotten slapped, however it WAS the first time they got slapped for not saying anything bad about cookies.
"Mate, you and our child will remain here. I insist you stop this nonsense."
Wyverns stopped in the middle of their duties to watch their master's wife angrily stomping her way out of the palace, bag of clothes in one hand and a smiling Dragon Eye in the other looking unbothered by their parents arguing again. Their master walked behind them looking slightly worried about everything right now.
"Oh. So now it's nonsense to be worried about a dragon dying? What happened to your whole 'dragons are superior and there should be more of us' talk go?" She did not stop by the way.
"You mistake my words and are twisting the meaning-"
"'Pitaya is foolish and I knew one day they would die by a cookie's hands because of their misplaced ideals'. That's the dam words that came flying out of your mouth! I am not mistaking that! I'm taking Dragon Eye and we're going to stay somewhere else! You can stay here and not worry about having to worry about cookies or weak dragons like me for a while!"
"That is not what I meant!"
She stopped and whirled around with a dragon growl snarling what tiny fangs she did have making them snarl. Antenna and tiny wings flattening against her head. "I had enough of your selfish dam insulting ass! I AM A COOKIE!! I AM A DRAGON!! I AM WEAKER THAN PITAYA!! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A HYPOCRITE AND I REFUSE TO BE WITH ONE ANY MORE!! CONSIDER YOURSELF DUMPED UNTIL YOU CLEAN UP YOUR ACT!! Oh..And by the way- JOWMX IWMWM QOWZET ISH-KINAR GYTERD YI TAK!!"
They are more of a true dragon than you are.
Longan stared in complete shock being insulted in their own language before she turned around and finished walking away. Dragon Eye smiled and waved bye-bye at their parent over her shoulder.
"And don't you dare forget to have someone feed Obscure Umbra while I'm gone! Or I'll use a few quotes of dragon tongue on you and see how you like it!"
You know how the saying goes. Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. No? How about this one? Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. But fool me thrice-
"YOU CAN'T STAY LOCKED UP IN THERE FOREVER OVER ONE STUPID ARGUEMENT!!"
The small glared at the locked window as their mate stared blankly at them...before she smiled sweetly and closed the curtains. Which sent Lychee over the edge banging on the window.
"IT WAS A JOKE!! I TAKE IT BACK IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER!! THEY'RE NOT WEAK!! ACTRESS, DON'T IGNORE ME!!!"
Some 'joke'. When she had heard of what Shadow Milk Cookie did to Pitaya and as someone who personally went through Shadow Milk's torment personally, she felt absolutely awful for the Red Dragon. However expressing that to Lychee learnt her a snort from the smaller dragon, rolling their eyes, and the following 'stupid arguement'.
"Even I was able to take that Beast head on! If Pitaya couldn't do that, then what kind of dragon are they?"
"The kind that helps cookies because they're kind and selfless? What the fudge, Lychee?!"
"Oh please. It's not MY fault they're too weak to fight against a cookie. Even I can do that."
".....Ok. Let's test that theory."
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"
Lychee shrieked when they were launched out a window football style. And now Lychee was going through the worst punishment they could get. Getting left alone and ignored.
"I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME!! OPEN THE WINDOW OR I'LL SMASH A WALL DOWN!!!...........OPEN UUUUUUUPPPPPP!! THIS ISN'T FAIR!!"
The silent treatment wasn't the only one torturing for Lychee.
"Petal! Darling, you can't just kick me out of my own palace!"
Said woman glared at them from eating on her balcony. The flower dragon bobbed in the water smiling.
"Surely we can talk about this. I really did not mean any harm in pointing out the facts-"
"You called someone who once helped save everyone from the Ivory Dragon and then Dark Enchantress cookie a disgrace to your kind and you would've been more suited to raising their child! Let me remind you that they also once saved me from drowning during a festival because you were busy with delegates!" She took a nice long sip of her tea before glaring back at Lotus. "I agree they're stupidly stubborn but let me also remind you that I would be dead floating dough chunks in the water now if they hadn't noticed me falling into the water, Lotus. It is highly disgraceful of the Blue Dragon's name to talk about an equal in such a way! Such utterly repulsive behavior sickens me to my stomach! I am not talking to you because you're an embarrassment to your kind and me!"
"My lady, the large order you asked for is finished."
"Oh! Perfect timing." She set down the teacup casting Lotus a look. "I just lost my appetite. Please take everything to the docks, and I'll need a few cookies to come with me to deliver it all."
"Hydrangea Cookie?!"
Both woman gave them a look. "Save your breath for when you actually apologize! Saying you can raise someone else's child better just because you two are the same species of dragon- AS IF OUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTER DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST!! You can live on the bottom of the lake like an inconsiderate rock until you learn proper manners! Come, Hydrangea Cookie. I still need to make the final arrangements."
Hydrangea WOULD have done what her master said over Petal...but she was kinda scared too after seeing the dainty woman chuck the dragon into the water when they wouldn't stop bothering her to 'forget this tiresome matter'.
What WAS a surprise to all four dragons was discovering not too long after that all four mates went missing. Panic set in as the islands were combed. Tribes were questioned. And only vague answers were given.
"Lady Pineapple Ring? She asked me to take her to the mainland because she had to run a very important errand. I haven't seen her since but I just thought she was taking her time!"
"I'm sorry, Blue Dragon. I do not know where she went after we saw off the trading goods at the docks. She asked to be left alone for a while."
"She's not in her hut? We thought she was still in there giving you the silent treatment."
Panic truly had settled in. No one had seen them in days! The islands were bare of them. WHERE COULD THEY HAVE GONE!?
"YOO HOO!!! Anyone home!?"
"Goodness gracious it's hot out here."
Pineapple Ring gave the fancily dressed lady a raised brow. "This is Dragon's Valley. Maybe you shouldn't wear long elegant robes when we had to treck through lava infested rocklands filled with dinosaurs, monsters, and wyverns as well as dangerous hunters."
"When going to see someone it's always good to look nice. It was so kind of the Mala Tribe to carry all those crates for us."
"It was kinder of Mala Sauce Cookie to lead us to where their home was." Butterfly squinted her eyes inside holding Dragon Eye by the hand. "I don't see anyone though."
"Maybe they're on Dragonfruit Island instead?"
"WHO ENTERSSS MY DOMAIN!?" A loud voice called out making the four look inside. "SSSPEAK OR BE CRUMBLED BY MY FLAME!!"
"..I think that answers your question."
"Pitaya! It's just us!," Butterfly called inside. "We came to visit you and make sure you were ok! Can we come in?"
There was silence for a long, long time before a loud grumbling followed. "Fine!"
They came in slowly following the faint glowing of torches on the walls, until eventually finding the dragon in a room. Armor was replaced with bandages wrapped around their entire torso and a thick blanket covering most of their body. Their usually messy hair was down and splayed everywhere, and they looked completely miserable aside from forcibly cuddling with their own wife and child for comfort. In short...
They looked in bad shape. "What do you want?"
"We figured the two of you could use a hand and we have come to offer our services!" She held up her sword. "I have come to guard the Red Dragon as they recover! My sword is yours until you recover!"
"Butterfly and I can take care of the cooking and cleaning so you two can relax! Plus I heard you get bored easily! I know all kinds of tricks and stories!"
"And I can help look after your baby." She gently tugged Dragon Eye forward who waved at the tired pink dragon. "I even brought them a playmate so they're not too lonely without their parents."
"I brought you enough food with high nutrition to last five months." She smiled proudly. "Lotus Paradise is chalk full of medicinal herbs. I can change your bandages and make any kind of medicine you need."
....Pineapple Ring looked at Petal in surprise. "You know medicine?"
"Of course I do. Just because I live in a palace that doesn't mean I don't know my way around an open wound."
PItaya seemed lightly surprised....slowly blinking...before grumbling and pulling the sleeping woman closer to them instinctively. "Do what you pleassse. Jussst ssstay out of my treasure hoard."
....I hate how this implies that in this separate timeline Hollyberry entered, Pitaya is greatly implied to be dead in this particular timeline. It makes me wonder if they passed away trying to protect Ananas from something, considering how Ananas describes them here. If so what are they protecting Ananas from and why? There's a few options that I can think of that might be true.
1.Hunters. Monster slayers. Knights. Dragon Slayers. Adventures. All of these things are cannon in cookie run. Knight Cookie, we saw Silent Salt lead an army of Knights as Salt of Solidarity. Dragon's City was full of adventures who WOULD NOT HAVE HESITATED to kill Pitaya if Hollyberry hadn't convinced them to put on a disguise as they sought help there. And remember Knight Cookie DID manage to cut the end of Pitaya's tail off so it's possibly FOR a cookie to harm them. Especially if they're vulnerable.
2.The great dragon war. We know the Stone Dragons or at least A portion of the stone dragons including the Ebony Dragon started a massive war long ago in Martial Tarts that effected other dragons. Perhaps that war also took place in THIS alternate timeline as well? Did Pitaya die trying to protect their kin against the stone dragons or THE Ebony Dragon? Did Pitaya fight the same thing that Obscure Umbra is worshipping?
3.Longan? We know Pitaya constantly fought back against Longan's rule. Did the Longan in THIS timeline actually just outright kill Pitaya for their rebellion against them instead of allowing them to live like Ovenbreak's Longan? Did Ananas join Pitaya at one point? Or was Longan punishing ANANAS instead and Pitaya just got between them to protect them?
4.Dark Enchantress Cookie. What if instead of Pitaya Dark Enchantress tried using Ananas's power instead? If she did something to Ananas in a similar way CRK's timeline's Dark Enchantress did with Pitaya, then maybe Pitaya stepped in to help their kin/friend and ended up paying the ultimate price for it.
You mentioned that the Beasts/Dragons/Ancients Au timeline doesn't follow the cannon timeline after Dark Enchantress Cookie dies againstthe Avatar of Destiny. And while Pitaya didn't get taken over and turned into the Chaos Dragon they did get serevely injured by Shadow Milk Cookie. How did everyone react to that?
I knew someone would ask about this sooner or later. Warnings for injuries mentioned, surgery mentioned, blood(jam) mentioned, etc.
It wasn't anything anyone was expecting. After all it was supposed to be a joyous celebration. Instead Hollyberry had been the one to find her friend, knelt on one knee clutching their chest. She had been SO happy to see them.
"PITAYA!! We've done it! I-"
The happy smile quickly turned to one of utter horror. She'd never seen that much jam littered around before. Never seen the dragon forcibly clutching an injury shut. Never had look at her in FEAR before.
"Ho-...Hollyberry...I can't feel anything." Then with a clang of metal the once mighty dragon fell to their side.
Unmoving. Unbreathing. Limp. Still.
It was all a blur. Hollyberry clutching a heavily bleeding dragon. Shouts for medics and Pure Vanilla.
"I can't heal them! We all used too much energy in the fight! I haven't had time to recover! Quickly! Get them to the medical bay! We can stabalize them there and then transfer them to the nearest hospital!"
Now look at where they were.
In a too sterile hallway that smelt way too much like cleaning chemicals with a metallic tang. Too white. So white the lights above them all reflected off it too much and strained the eyes. Forced to just sit in an old uncomfortable and creaking wooden chair in wait.
"They're going to be alright." A hand tried patting the woman on the back. She said nothing. Staring at the floor. "Pitaya is too stubborn to die. They're having a good fight with the reaper and kicking his behind as we speak!"
She still said nothing to the woman who admittedly was also pretty worried about her friend. But neither was expecting the presence of other guests to arrive. When did they arrive? She didn't know. Maybe in the beginning? Maybe after Pitaya was taken in for surgery? Maybe just five minutes ago?..It was all blurred. She finally reacted though. When black hands tried to reach out and remove the baby in her lap-
Lotus didn't take offense when she snatched Snapdragon away fixing them with a nasty glare, eyes already a pink from crying on and off all day. Snapdragon's crying and hiccups had echoed in the hallways for hours throwing tantrums and crying-
They were probably only sleeping because all the crying wore out the toddler to be honest. Usually Snapdragon was as stubborn as their parent come nap time.
"Dear, you're exhausted. You haven't slept or eaten anything since yesterday. Just let me take care of the infant for you."
Somehow Lotus ended up holding Snapdragon leaving the woman sleeping in an uncomfortable position in the chair that'll surely cause her body to be sore come morning. Then it was just the five of them. Hollyberry standing and crossing her arms. Ananas sat in an chair opposite of the door, leaned forward, and hands clasped across their mouth. Lychee was the only one making noise flapping their wings to keep a float pretending to busy themselves by looking out the window at the night sky and counting stars...they lost count after 578. Lotus simply stood by rocking the sleeping baby in their arms. The only one whom looked unbothered was the Ivory Dragon. Hollyberry was completely shocked Longan had even showed up, calmly walking in and staring at the door unblinking. A bandage wrapped around their upper arm, proof of a kindness that everyone was shocked to discover Longan would even make-
"We're having a problem."
Everyone had feared the worst when a nurse had come out slightly sweating.
"What kind of problem?"
"We're in need of a a jam transfer but no types of jam we have on hand match up with theirs."
Of course not. That's because Pitaya wasn't a cookie. They were a dragon.
"It'd be too risky in their condition to experiment and see what sticks."
"So that's it!? You're going to let them bleed out because you want to take gambles on their life!?"
"Ananas, please stand down. That's not what she said."
"A-Actually w-w-we were hoping one of you f-four w-would be willing to donate ja-jam?" The nurse looked understandably nervous under Ananas's looming form.
"Mine." Now the nurse REALLY looked nervous when black soulless eyes pierced her soul.
"Longan?"
"Too few of my kin remains. My power will stabilize any issues they have. Take what they need to live."
Now the dragon sat recovering what jam was taken from their arm, a book from the hospital's small library in their hands, calmly waiting for any news from the doctors inside. Until finally one did. He came out, apron stained red with strawberry jam, gloved hands reaching to pull down a mask as he stared at the small crowd for a small moment before smiling.
"They're going to be alright." A collective sigh of relief washed over everyone.
"How are they, Doc?"
"Oh, just fine. A few months of relaxing and taking it easy and drinking lots of juice and fluids should do the trick! Bring them back after three months and we'll remove the stitches." Pitaya? Relaxing for a few months? Ha! Easier said than done! They'll go stir crazy for sure. "They're sleeping right now, but you can go in and see them if you'd like."
It's so ....surreal seeing the red dragon lying in a hospital bed, white gown covering their body as their hair was out of their usual ponytail. A few tubes and wires attached to their body. The only sounds being the beeping of a heart monitor and-
"Nice to know Pitaya's throat is still in tack." Lychee rose a brow at the loud snoring coming from the unconcious pink dragon laid there.
"Shush up. The least they're entitled to is a nice long nap."
"TAYA!!" Someone had to snatch the baby dragon before they tackled the miserable looking dragon on the bed. "TAYA! TAYA!! TAYA!! TAYA!!" They happily waved their arms at their parent and kicked out.
"There they are! How are you feeling old friend?" "Do they need more jam? I'll volunteer next." "Ananas, don't crowd them....But Pitaya, answer my question. How many claws am I holding up?" "TAYA!!" "They live because my power stabalized them." "They're fiiiinne. Dragons heal faster than cookies."
"Mmmmmm." They reach a shaky hand up to push away Lotus's hand. "I'd feel better if you all weren't in my face. What isss thisss? A meeting of alliesss."
"Oh yeah. They're gonna be fine. The doc wouldn't let us come back in until you ate something."
They grimaced. "Yuck! I thought cookiesss were exaggerating about your poor hossspital food. That ssssausssage wasss ssso mushy, I wasss expecting it to deflate like a balloon." They sniff and grumble. "Thisss pain mussst be messsing with my head ssstill. I ssswear I sssmell fruit and meat."
A second later various take out bags and fruit were pulled from various garments and armor from the dragons and Hollyberry. "We figured you'd say that. I had Wildberry sneak in some strawberry and pineapple burgers for you, and some EFA!"
"EFA-...What?"
"Earthbread Fried Almondbird."
"You can call it junk! Hand it over! I'm ssstarving!"
They gobble down most of the take out first followed by any and all fruit they hand over. At one point Snapdragon is cradled in one arm and Pitaya was handing the toddler half an apple to eat. Until the door opened and a frazzled haired woman is standing there. Longan gives a glare when they're shoved aside by her. She takes two seconds staring at the smiling pink dragon-
"SSSWEET- HMPH!!"
They don't get to say anything else before she's on them, smashing their lips together. Hollyberry laughs...
"I have to interrupt, but no one has been told what the cause of this calamity is."
"Oh that's right!" Hollyberry smiled lovingly at Pitaya who's full attention was now turned completely to their small family (specifically the woman who was still kissing them) and the food they had. "Will you two excuse us all for just a moment? We have some unfinished business to take care of."
Pure Vanilla sighed as after long last he could relax and not have to worry(at least for a little while-) about the world ending, evil, or Shadow Milk Cookie's antics- BAM!! A slam outside his window and repeated pounding made the tired man groan, and reach for his staff. He pointed it towards the window without getting up from his stomach.....Until he did lift his head.
"Shadow Milk Cookie?"
Shadow Milk Cookie was there. Along with his two minions. The three looked like they were put through the ringer. Hair disheveled and messy, clothes torn in places, and-....Were those burn marks on their dough? Black Sapphire patted Candy Apple's head insistently as she panicked waving her arms around until the embers were put out. Shadow Milk looked like a hoard of hungry witches were on his heels and he hit the windows over the window!
"Let me in! LET ME IN!!!" He looked behind him. A roar or two off in the distance with four VERY ANGRY dragons, two Ancients, and one red Beast on his tail. BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG!! "THEY'RE TRYING TO CRUMBLE ME!!"
"Who is!?"
Shadow Milk SHRIEKED when an axe slammed into the wall of the Vanilla Kingdom's castle wall right next to his head.
"GET DOWN HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE 'THE MOST POWERFUL BEAST COOKIE' YOU CLAIM TO BE, YOU COWARD!!" A loud and wrathful voice called from down below.
PLEASE!! I NNNEEEDDD POLY QUADRUPLE WITH THE DRAGONS HAVING THE 'OH NO THEY'RE HOT-' SQUIDWARD MOMENT!!
Been waiting for someone to ask for poly quadruple! I dunno if I'll make the polycule idea cannon, but I LOVE the idea of it. Also Mystic Flour and Eternal Sugar redemption because girls just needs some therapy after being almost killed for some greedy cookies. Warnings for some innuendos in Lychee's part because...well it's Lychee, longan hitting their head, some blood mentioned, and Longan almost drowning but they're ok.
-For Ananas it's the easiest. Out of all five dragons, they have the best relationship with cookies. Specifically THEIR cookies but they allow visitors to come and go on their isle...as long as they don't disturb the isle. Of course they WOULD understandably be pretty weary of White Lily Cookie at first after Pitaya tells them of her past misdeeds and her being half of Dark Enchantress Cookie, but after some time (and Pineapple Ring constantly reminding Ananas THEY used to be just as bad as Longan once upon a time too until they changed) they eventually come to tolerate her presence. Sure she's always very respectful....And very, very pretty....And it's incredible JUST how powerful she really is despite her demure looking demeanor. And yes. They can relate to some of her struggles as once upon a time being evil, and betraying her friends (Pineapple Ring is NOT letting them off being a hypocrite pointing out that THEY betrayed their other kin to side with Longan). She's trying to make amends with Pitaya (sadly to no avail) and helps to bridge the gap between them and Silent Salt. So it surprises even Ananas one visit they just kinda snap after Pitaya calls her a- "You're a deceiving little traitor to Hollyberry Cookie! I'm ssssurprisssed no one'sss crumbled you yet! You'd probably be more ussseful as flour to bake a cake with! At leassst then they could get sssome ussse from your worthlessss-" They didn't get a chance to finish their rant at the sad looking lady before being body slammed by Ananas and sent a few yards away. "That's enough out of your mouth!!" They growled surprising everyone. "This is MY island and you will NOT degrade my wife's friends on her own home! So you can either screw shut that loose lid you call a mouth shut and enjoy the celebration or you can leave, Pitaya!" Pitaya is shocked but is pulled away by Hollyberry hissing at White Lily while doing so. "Thank you...I w-wasn't expecting..well that." "Think nothing of it. This is supposed to be a peaceful feast. Pitaya has no right to cause problems on someone else's soil." They're not expecting the lady to poke their shoulder with a smile prettily standing in the moonlight. She was almost..glowing. "Still, I'm grateful for your help. You really are the most benevolent dragon." They feel their heart nearly stop a moment. OH NO-
-"I'm a married drake! I'm a married drake! I'm a married drake! I'm a married drake! I'm a married drake!" They excuse themselves to walk into the jungle for a while and hit their head over and over against a boulder. "I. Am. A. Married. Drake!! What were you just thinking!? You're happily married to the love of your life you dense lizard!!" They yelled at themselves. Before they slowly inhale and shake their body off. "It's alright. It means nothing. There's other cookies who look absolutely beautiful and there's nothing wrong with acknowledging that! You weren't feeling anything. You were just...mentally giving her a compliment. Yes. That's it-" "Golden Dragon?" Ananas gives a loud squawk of alarm and turns with a startle. They don't see him for a good moment as his black armor blends with the shadows, but then their night vision kicks in and they see a knight standing there with his hands raised. "I beg pardon. I didn't mean to scare you." "You didn't scare me, I was just-..Practicing my battle cry on you! *ahem*" They frown at him. "What are you doing sneaking around my jungle anyways?" Silent Salt points at the left side of his body and and Ananas now noticed the bit of food stuck on his helmet. "The small dragon thought it'd be funny to throw a pie at Shadow Milk Cookie. As you can see they missed. Lady Y/n said there was a waterfall around here I can wash my armor off in quickly." Ah. Lychee. Ananas nods. "Alright..I'll show you where it is." "Thank you. I greatly appreciate it." The dragon lead them to the small waterfall and watched as the man walked on over, reached up to tug at the dirty helmet real quick before it came off with a metal clank sound- Ananas's jaw dropped as Silent salt just hummed along washing his helmet under the water before he turned and blinked gorgeous purple-grey eyes at the shocked dragon. "....Is something the matter?" "NO!! FINISH YOUR WASHING AND GET BACK TO THE OTHERS!!" They quickly skulked off hissing and running claws down their face. "You're married. You're married. You're married!" They stuck to their wife's side like glue for the rest of the night, enough that Pineapple Ring took notice. "You're a little clingy tonight. Is everything alright?" "I love you! No one else is as beautiful as you!" She looks at White Lily who shrugs. "Thank you. You're very handsome too."
-Unfortunately these two were NOT making it easy on them! Everytime she smiled at him and giggled. Or when she deliberately runs up to them so happy. "Ananas! There you are! I was thinking we could spend time together!" "..What?" "Well there's so much about dragons I don't know, and I still want to try and make amends with Pitaya! You're the most kindest, generous, understanding dragon I know! Could you please help me?" Stop! Their face is already a bright blushing orange. They are not immune to how pretty and demure she is. "Wow. Your scales are so shiny. They reflect the sunlight more than any other dragon I've seen." "Aw. Mango Cookie loves you so much. You're really good with children." "Haha! That's so funny. Oh, please don't tell Pitaya I laughed at them." SSSTTOOOOPPPP!!! Silent Salt was no better. "You spar really well." "Ha! Not too bad yourself. I have to hold back when my wife and I spar but being a Beast means I can let loose more strength with you." "Hmhmhm." Dammit why was his laugh so nice sounding?! "One last round then?" "Sure. If you can beat me this time, I'll give you a few gold coins for the trip to the mainland." "A deal I can not refuse." What Ananas was NOT expecting was for the old knight to trick them, trip them up, and then be on top of them with a knee to their chest, face inches away, and sword harmlessly placed by their head. "I win! That was a really good round though!.....Um. Golden Dragon?" He blinks as Ananas stares up wide eyed and a deeply orange faced. No. Ananas is not immune to Silent Salt's old man boomer rizz either. "My Lady Y/n." His wife smiled as he got down on one knee, helmet pushed up enough to kiss her hand. "It was an honor to see you once more." "It was so nice of you to visit again. Stop by again real soon." "My Lady White Lily." White Lily also smiled as he knelt to kiss her hand. What Ananas wasn't expecting was for him to also kneel and kiss THEIR hand. "Fair Golden Dragon. I thank you for the hospitality you've shown me." FWAP- All four wings pop open nearly hitting the women in the face. Silent Salt being an old boomer and respectful gave him unsuspecting dragon rizz. Who knew?
-"I'm so sorry! Please forgive me." Pineapple Ring is confused when Ananas is suddenly clinging to her one day and hiding their face in her chest. "Ananas? Honey, what's wrong?" They're nearly on the verge of crying. "I've been unfaithful to you!" She blinks. "What?!" "I keep having these thoughts towards that Ancient and Beast! I don't know why! I'm unable to stop them! I've tried but they persist! Please forgive me! I am so sorry! I swear I've never acted upon them once-" "Oh. I already knew that." Ananas pauses for exactly four second before yanking away from her with a face. "What do you mean 'I already knew that'!?" "I mean it was obvious. Remember how you figured out White Lily had feelings for me when you first met her?" She poked their nose. "You blush a pretty tiger lily orange.~ It's actually cute.~" "I AM NOT CUTE!!" They're blushing an orange again before pausing. "Wait. You're not...angry?" "Should I be?" "WE'RE MARRIED!" "And you didn't cheat. Do you still love me?" "OF COURSE I DO!! DRAGONS MATE FOR LIFE!!" "Then you did nothing wrong. Entertaining some thoughts or finding a crush isn't a bad thing, Ananas. You really don't need to beat yourself up over it. I'm not angry." They open their mouth, close it, open it again-...Before just sighing and faceplanting into her chest again. "Sometimes I really do hate Cookie feelings." "There, there." She rubbed their back. "Everything is going to be fine. You'll see. I've already invited them back so you can explain everything to them and get it out of your system." "........You what?"
PITAYA: No one knows HOW the four of them got together but somehow it works for them and somehow healthy?? Even Longan is scratching their head trying to figure it out. (credit to @cookielovetorun for a piece of the dialogue used and some ideas)
-There's exactly TWO things Pitaya takes into account with literally ANY relationship whether it be platonic or romantic: Friendships, relationships, family, etc. 1. They value strength both mental and physical. Example: Evil White Lily's bravery to visit them and face them despite her delicate dough ending up being burnt, Flame Cookie's ability to eat lava thus Pitaya granting him a piece of fire turning into an Elemental, Hollyberry bashing their head in every other day- You get the picture. And 2. you have GOT to acknowledge them and/or respect them in some way as the powerful dragon they admittedly are. I see a lot of people ship Hollyberry and Eternal Sugar when it comes to a Polycule and while I see Hollyberry and Pitaya, I don't see Pitaya and ESC getting along. Pitaya would acknowledge her strength but wouldn't get past the whole sloth thing. Plus ESC's clinginess and sugary sweet ways are probably a big turn off for someone like Pitaya. Arguably Golden Cheese and Pitaya have MUCH more in common. Both have greedy, kinda selfish, big egos and prides. Both love treasure. Pitaya can respect her as a strong ruler, especially one who can take them in air, and both know what it feels like to lose everything. For Golden Cheese it was her entire Kingdom(until she kicked Burning Spice's behind in the rematch and revived everyone with her souljam) and for Pitaya it's loosing everything that made them THEM. Their power, their home, their own true body, and even their REPUTATION was taken from them. In CRK (even though it's NOT cannon to this au) other than Snapdragon Pitaya probably also felt alone as the only one of 2 dragons remaining. So that being said, it's a much better match than Pitaya x Eternal Sugar(no offense to those who do ship them). So when Pitaya starts realizing they may in fact LIKE-like the pretty bird lady-
-"What are you gazing at old friend?" "....I am contemplating sssomething." Hollyberry found the dragon sat down, hands clasped, and eyes narrowed as if thinking. She's quick to notice that Pitaya had been staring the past hour at their mate and Golden Cheese as they sat and talked a lot about their shared homeland. It wasn't every day their mate could actually talk with a native to the Spicelands so their talks lasted quite a while. In Golden Cheese's arms sat Snapdragon as the baby dragon teethed on some hard sap candy. The Queen had become fond of the adorable baby dragon and honestly who didn't after meeting Snapdragon? Although Hollyberry was a little confused. "Contemplating what?" "...SSSomething I am ssstill in the processss of underssstanding." Hollyberry rose a brow, before looking at the two ladies, before looking back at the still staring dragon, before looking back to the ladies- Golden Cheese pulled Snapdragon away when they reached up to make grabby hands at her gold crown but instead of getting mad she laughed. "I'm so sorry! Pitaya says Snapdragon is entering that age where their hoarding instincts are starting to develop." "It's alright. They have good tastes. I can spare a few pieces of silver and diamonds for them to start their own hoard." "Really? That's so nice of you." "Abundance should be shared. It wouldn't harm me one bit!" "Gems! Gems!" "I have a few gold jewelry pieces made right in the Spicelands! They'd look beautiful on Pitaya if the dragon wore that golden armor again!...Actually, they'd look beautiful in gold and sitting next to my throne that I think about it!" "Oh they're beautiful all the time. You should see them without a helmet." Hollyberry looked back to Pitaya, their pupils blown wide and their tail swaying. OH! So that's what it was. "So have you two actually confessed to liking each other yet?" She snorted and started laughing as the dragon made a turkey sqauwk sound and snapped to her wide eyed. "I'M NOT INTO HER!!! I AM A HAPPILY MATED DRAGON!!!....SSSTOP LAUGHING!! IT'SSS NOT FUNNY!!" That only makes Hollyberry laughing harder and louder making the two look over at them. Hollyberry is laughing as Pitaya is standing there face a much deeper magenta. "What's going on over there?" "With those two? Who knows?" It's also Hollyberry's fault..and help that this relationship even kicks off. "Golden Cheese!" "What!?" "PITAYA HAS FEELING FOR YOU TO-!!" "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" Ever see a flustered dragon leap across a room and slap a clutch Hollyberry's laughing mouth shut? "SHUT UP!! SHUT UP!! SHUT UP!! I DO NOT!!! YOU'VE JUSSST HAD TOO MUCH JUICE!!" "You're proving it right now by blushing-" "IM NOT BLUSHING!! IM ANGRY!!" It takes Ananas taking time out to help, Dark Cacao, Golden Cheese, AND Desert Rose to pry those two apart before a tipsy Hollyberry can spill anymore of Pitaya's secrets. Desert Rose demands Pitaya explain themseles and- "And we're not leaving until you explain whatever the fudge THAT was about!?" Pitaya deflects, denies, changes the subject, gives the two women three hours of the silent treatment- Until they finally cave and admit that ok MAYBE they admire Golden Cheese a little more than the average cookie and MAYBE she was attractive and MAYBE they felt really really bad because they didn't want Desert Rose to think Pitaya didn't love her anymore! The two women are stunned before looking at one another- "Well of course you'd find me attractive." She flicks her ponytail back spreading her golden wings to reflect the sunlight. "Who wouldn't?" "Oh. Baby, did you really think I'd hate you?" Pitaya only groans hiding their face in their hands. "Thisss isss embarrasssing!" "Well, now that this is all out in the open-..Will you model that golden armor set you have for me? You'd look so pretty in my colors.~" Pitaya chokes- They're gonna get revenge on Hollyberry later!
-It actually works out for all three of them because Golden Cheese also respects Pitaya and they both love their mate! As for how Burning Spice comes in- Well now that he KNOWS where his little Desert Rose escaped to, and where Golden Cheese is hanging out every other month- Yeah. Pitaya is NOT happy to have the Beast who imprisoned their mate and who ripped the wings off their OTHER mate hanging around their home and constantly demanded they hand over the two women. So Pitaya and Burning Spice does what they're both best known for. Pitaya goes out and beats Burning Spice's ass kicking them out of Dragon's Valley or off Dragonfruit Island. They've TRIED crumbling him believe me. Lava pits, their sword, dropping Burning Spice from hundreds of feet in the air, smashing him until their arms were sore, throwing ten toned boulders at his head- "HE JUSSST REFUSSSESSS TO DIE!!!" Golden Cheese sadly nods and peeks down from where both women and Snapdragon were safely placed as Burning Spice literally latches onto the side of a volcano and pulls himself out from the top out of boiling lava. Pitaya had thrown him like a stepping stone when he started climbing UP the one they were currently on. "I know. Believed me. I've tried everything including shoving my spear up his-" "LANGUAGE!! Both of you!" "He's just too stubborn to crumble. Besides...it'd be the end of us both. You can't have one half without the other as annoying as he is." "Well guess what. We're too stubborn to die too!" She rolled her shoulders back. "Pitaya, I think it's time to see if that dragon tongue you taught me comes in handy." It's SO HOT when their wife uses force! It's annoying...But Pitaya doesn't deny the constant stream of challenging fights isn't something they enjoy! They hadn't had something like this since the era they tried to constantly take over the Hollyberry Kingdom! "HAHAHAHA!! You're certainly a worthy challenge!! When I eventually claim my victory, I will remember you for a long time to come!" "The strength of a true dragon is truly unmatched!!" "YES!! Come dance in the beautiful symphony of destruction with me!!" "Finally a worthy opponent! OUR BATTLES WILL BE LENGENDARY!!" BURNING SPICE STOP!! YOU'RE INFLATING THEIR EGO ENOUGH AS IT IS!! It's gotten past the point of battle banter and is starting to come off as...something else the more these fights start. To the point Pitaya as stopped talking back and just fighting. "Are you going to stab be through with that sword of yours again this time!? Because I-" "ALRIGHT!! SSSTOP!!" Pitaya is just looking at him annoyed. "WHY DO YOU KEEP TRYING TO COURT ME?! I HAVE TWO MATES ALREADY!" "Trying to-" He's confused at first. "I'M NOT TRYING TO COURT YOU LIZARD!" "THEN WHY DO YOU CONSSSTANTLY COME HERE AND CHALLENGE ME TO FIGHT AND SSSAY I'M SSSTRONG AND ENTERTAINING?! AND COMPLIMENT ME!!" "BECAUSE I LOVE ME A GOOD CHALLENGE!!" "THAT DOESSSN'T MEAN YOU MUSSST ACT LIKE THISSS ISSS SSSOME KIND OF COURSHIP!!!" Burning Spice stares at them for a few seconds like Pitaya just put an idea into his head before smirking a hand rubbing his chin. "Hmm. A dragon I can fight whenever I please, the souljam holder, and little Dessert Rose as my concubines.~...You've just solved all my problems! HAHAHA!! Why didn't I think of it sooner!?" With a too wide smirk he makes a come here motion walking towards a shocked dragon. "Come here, Lizard.~"
-Burning Spice proceeds to get snatched up, carried a few miles away, THROWN as far as Pitaya can throw him, before the dragon returns to their mate. "Oh, good. You're back. I made your favorite roast tonight!" They don't respond face a deep red and just end up chugging down a bottle of hollyberry juice. "Pitaya, we were saving that for new years! What's gotten into you this time?" They sit on the floor with a thud just staring blankly at nothing. "....I think I made our sssituation worssse with Burning SSSpice." She stared. "Pitaya, what in witches name did you do?" "....SSSet an expectation I don't think I can take back." "Pitaya, I swear if you don't tell me what you did-" "Golden Cheessse, will have my head too once she comesss back." "WHAT DID YOU DO!?" ....Slowly they gulped. "I may have...given the idea of....joint concubine-isssm. ..With the both of usss." She stares at him. "And him...And Golden Chee- OW!!" They proceeded to be pelted by a broom harmlessly. "WHAT THE FUDGE WERE YOU THINKING!?"
LONGAN: Pot meet kettle because you both call each other black. Longan is going through the five stages of grief on TOP of a midlife crisis. It turns out if you decide to take on two more cookies as mates just to gain more power, the mating instincts are going to come back biting them in the dough. Because one shares their ideals, the other one doesn't treat them like a threat and instead tries to reach out to them while(being a DILF-) helping bridge a gap between their shared mate.
-It was ALL logical in their head. Both these cookies were powerful in their own right. Both wanted Butterfly. Both were obstacles in their way needed to be solved. They were powerful enough to kill them, but the problem is neither could be killed easily. And if they ended up doing that, Butterfly would leave for good and never forgive them. On top of that they'd have their kin and the two dragons they sensed on Dark Cacao after them. In their weakened state, they could be killed permanently. Hmm. What to do? What to do? It was a VERY tough problem to crack, until they remembered the famous quote. 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.' So it was logical. They couldn't destroy one without destroying the other, so why not get them to destroy each other. if they nearly did it once, then surely they could do it again. The question was how to go about doing it without arousing suspicion or getting their hands dirty. Hmm....Got it. "Longan, you mean it?!" Her happy smile lit up in absolute JOY as the Ivory Dragon slowly nods. "It has come to my attention that perhaps...I have harmed you more than done good. Considering the circumstances-..." They hold their hands out to her. "I wish to build an alliances with the ones who call themselves the Dark Kingdom." They weren't lying of course. They wished to build an alliance to get one step closer to the ones who'll destroy themselves in the end and leave them to build their perfect life with their eternal mate. Butterfly hugs them out of sheer joy much to their pleasure. "See? I told you all cookies weren't that bad! I'm going to send him a letter right now!" "I have already taken the liberty of 'extending the olive branch' I believe is the phrase. He should come shortly." She's SUPER delighted to see Longan taking initiative in the right direction. What she doesn't know is that Longan also sent a SECOND message with one of their wyverns. So it's a shock to Butterfly AND Dark Cacao when the king arrives for a visit when a woman of ivory comes walking in through the door. "MYSTIC FLOUR COOKIE!!" Dark Cacao was quick to react first pulling out his sword and slamming the tip to the ground with a clang sound as he stands between HER and a shocked Butterfly. "You dare come here and disgrace these halls with your presence?" Longan's face is blank, but they're smiling in delight on the inside. Yes. Fight over Butterfly and break each other apart. Throw each other into the ocean where you both will become nothing but soggy dough. No one will suspect a thing. "I do not understand the hostility." The ivory woman calmly states. "It's meaningless." "EVERYTHING to you is meaningless! That's why you-" "If you will allow me to finish speaking before you so rudely interrupted me. Your hostility is meaningless as I was invited in." Both stare at her. "What? That's absurd. I didn't think you'd resort to lying like Shadow Milk Cookie!" She didn't say anything. Instead she reached into the belt on her robe and pulled out something that made Longan freeze. A folded piece of paper. "Lying is meaningless. There would be no point in me entertaining such a foolish notion." She held it out, Dark Cacao slowly took it keeping a hand on his sword, glared at her suspiciously, let it unfold as Butterfly poked her head around his arm- "...Longan, this is your handwriting. I'd recognize it anywhere." -and then both slowly turned to look at the dragon who stood as still as a statue under their eyes. "....Longan." She scowled and pointed at Mystic Flour. "Do you care to explain this?" "I was under the impression that you sent that letter as a form of good will. Not a ruse to whatever scheme this is!"
-"Simple. I tire of the threats you both continuously bring to my door." Inside their kinda panicking. She wasn't supposed to BRING the letter!! Dark Cacao didn't!!! They underestimated the Ivory Pagoda Mistress. NOT AGAIN!! ...But first they'd better cover this up. "I tire of the chains dragging my body in the name of safety. Most of all I hate the idea of any moment something irreplaceable will be ripped away from me once more. You will both need to find a way to disperse your feuds that will not bring harm to the one we all know whom it will effect the most." They pointed at the two of them. "Settle it away from her." All three stared at them for a long long moment. That was until Dark Cacao looked at the letter again carefully...before nodding. "They are right. Our fighting will only cause problems and hurt those around us more." Wait. What? He turned to Mystic Flour. "We may address this with our next talk." TALK?! "What are you talking about?" Butterfly lit up. "Mystic Flour is working very hard to redeem herself!" "WHAT!?" "I've not been given much of a choice. It was this...or being taken back to the new Silver Guardian for sealing." "We are currently working on her out look on things." He narrowed his eyes at her still. "So far there is..little progress, but a little progress is still better than none. Mystic Flour Cookie, let us settle this now. Us two shall give our word not to bring harm to the one we care for most." Mystic Flour didn't say anything a moment, before her eyes opened slightly revealing eyes strikingly similar to Longan's. "I will agree to your terms." Butterfly clasped her hands together. "All three of you have made me so happy. This..may have been the happiest I have been in a very long time! Mystic Flour, I don't know if I can ever really forgive you for what you did..but you did help me get away from an abusive situation so I will accept any apology you give me." ....Dark Cacao cleared his throat. "This is the part where one usually does the responsible thing and accept fault with grace." "......Apologies." The white cookie blinked her eyes largely when Butterfly suddenly grabbed her hands with a big smile. "Come have tea with me in the garden! You'll really like it." She was already pulling her forward by the hand past the two men. "It has these ivory curl trees with these white flowers that would look so pretty in your hair! Longan got them for me!" She slowly blinks being forcibly taken...but she wasn't complaining about Butterfly holding her hand! "Yes. Sounds....nice." "C'mon, Longan! Dark Cacao! We can all eat together!" "That sounds delightful! I will happily take up your offer." Longan just stares. Defeated by their own scheming....Oh they LOATHE the day they lost the dragon orbs and couldn't foresee things anything.
-Longan is forced to open their home to the cookies and suffer in silence through a tea party as Butterfly smiles and pours tea for Dark Cacao and passes the blank faced woman a small cake. This required more planning. ..All three looked up when a snake like hiss came out of their mouth. "Longan, are you alright?" The dragon only nods rubbing their head but just a moment later the teacup in their other hand drops to the table spilling all over the ivory tablecloths- "Oh, no. Not again." "What's wrong with them?" "Migraines. Longan gets them a lot because their horn is broken and exposed. Lately they've been pretty bad." "I am fine." They weren't fine. They felt light headed and their head hurt, but the last thing they ever want is to look weak in front of these two cookies! Unfortunately they only got worse more and more time went on. Longan could tolerate the woman Mystic Flour. She was quiet, demure, only spoke when someone asked her something, and had manners but Longan knew better. The scuffle that they had had when she first arrived proved her to be a strong source of power despite her small and thin dough body. She didn't object to their mate pulling her by the hand anywhere or spending time. "I can't believe Shadow Milk Cookie tried to hurt Pitaya so much. What was he thinking?" "It doesn't matter-" Both Longan and Mystic Flour look at each other in light surprise. "Of course it does! Pitaya got really hurt and then their mate almost crumbled Shadow Milk." "That cookie crumbling has no effect on us." "I agree. His existence is the true definition of being meaningless if one should look for him in a dictionary." Longan nodded. "He is an arrogant fool." "Quite foolish." Butterfly looks between the two of them wide eyed. "...Wow. Firstly that is really mean of you two to say! Secondly, I can't believe how alike you both are." "What?" Both look at her again. "Well you're both passive and apathetic to almost everyone else, you both have the same exact views about a bunch of things, you both have the title of Ivory, lots of people used to worship the both of you, you're both super powerful, you both even have the same mannerisms-...." Her eyes suddenly narrowed. "You BOTH tried to do a mass cookie genocide." ...Longan instantly looked away as Mystic Flour suddenly found her tea VERY interesting. "The way you talk, the way you see things, how you both deal with your trumas...The only difference that's big enough to see is Longan values family and power to the point they were willing to force other dragons under their servitude, and you also value that but instead choose to bury it." "You believe I value those things?" "You raised Cloud Haetae Cookie when his mother was killed trying to protect you while you hibernated before you were sealed away in the tree." Mystic Flour said nothing. "You could've kicked him out or crumbled him the moment you returned but you didn't. You let him stay and serve you, and don't say it's meaningless. Because it wasn't. And you DID come all the way here just to see me at least twice, you wouldn't have done it if you didn't value a relationship with me on some level....Besides you both also have the same colors on your bodies, the same way of decorating your homes, and you even have the same smiles and eyes. You're both really beautiful. I don't see why you both can't just get along. If I wasn't around and you two met, I bet you'd be an old married couple by now."
-Again they both just stare at her before looking at each other. Longan and this cookie? Rubbage. Just the mere thought of Longan sharing their reign with anyone but their eternal mate was pure slander....That didn't stop their mind from wondering to the dangerous what if...Mystic Flour was quite lovely. Demure. If Longan hadn't already been mated, then by all accounts this cookie is what everything they would've looked for in a mate. A flash of those two women adorned in their colors, Mystic Flour crumbling cookies by their side, Butterfly greeting them both with equal happiness. Mystic Flour was no dragon, but if Snake Fruit Cookie could rise to become a dragon then perhaps- The pouring of liquid made them blink finding the Ivory woman pouring more tea into their cup. "You've sat there with an empty cup for almost twenty minutes staring off." "She's right. Are you feeling ok, Longan?" Longan just stares at the woman who shared their eyes. A butterfly slowly fluttered and landed on her head while they sat there in the garden. "...Yes. I was thinking about our upcoming alliance." Longan is not immune to finding someone who shares so many similarities attractive. Nor are ANY of them immune to what they walk into. A tour around Ivory Palace with Butterfly pulling Mystic Flour by the hand. "-and this is the Wyvern Wing! It's mostly just where Longan's long time servants and followers reside. They're all harmless though. They just go about their day and do whatever Longan tells them so pay them no mind." Longan only follows behind silently. Butterfly points up ahead. "We also have a sauna and bath house! It's really good for relaxing your body or steam baths or just warming up! Dragons love it since they can never get too much heat! It also helps Longan relax and make those headaches go away! Wanna see?" Mystic Flour nodded. They stopped in front of the door, she happily slid it all the way open, steam immediately flowed out catching all three off guard- Huh. No one should be using it at this hour except if some of the wyverns decided to have a nice hot bath or one of them forgot to shut it off. Most of the steam bled out into the halls for the three to look inside. Butterfly immediately squeaked out a choked noise, Mystic Flour's eyes opened all the way with a snap, and Longan felt their own eyes pop to the size of plates. Well....someone was making use of Longan's old chains and weights. Dark Cacao stood there SHIRTLESS and without the usual armor, chains rattled as he slowly lifted the heavy weights one another another, dough glistening a little from the steam droplets, hair tied up in a messy bun unlike how he usually wore it-...However he had turned around when he heard her choke, revealing the body of a warrior who's honed his body for years of battle with the scars to match. His purple eyes stared in shock. The four stared for a long, long moment- SLAM!! Both women jumped when Longan slammed the door back closed. The three stood there, pink in the face, Longan kept their hands pressed to the door before they inhaled. "Treasury." They turned to Mystic Flour. "Do you want to see the Treasury?" "I-I-..*ahem* Quite." "Let us go then. Quickly." It was very awkward at breakfast the next morning when everyone pretended nothing happened, but Butterfly did stutter apologies on their behalf. "It's alright....*ahem* L-Let us move on from the subject." The other two are just sitting their drinks, pink faced, and trying to avoid looking at Dark Cacao.........Longan was starting to see the appeal of why the Twin Dragons may want to hang around Dark Cacao, but once they get rid of these two cookies they will convince the Black Dragon of the North and White Dragon of the South to join them as their kin and help bring about the age of dragons!!
-Unfortunately their light headedness and throbbing pain was staring to come back. Curse that Gingerbrave Cookie for what they did to them! He and his friends will be the first to pay once they find a way around these problems and gain their power back!! Unfortunately Butterfly wanted to finish giving Mystic Flour a tour around the rest of the Palace. "This is Longan's throne room." The sound of waterfalls usual soothe the dragon but not today as they just stood head in both hands continuously rubbing at their hurt head as everything was getting lighter. "They keep swedish red fish as pets." Mystic Flour tilted her head at the pretty red fish swimming about in the moats. "They're fed twice a day. Dragon Eye's favorite is Crimson." "...Quite lovely." "Aren't they? Perhaps we can bring some fish to the fountain in the garden. Longan, what do you think-" She turned just in time to see the dragon tilt, smash their head into the floor, before their body disappeared with a splash- The absolute blood curdling shriek that erupted afterwards was enough to alert every wyvern within thirty feet and one king who immediately started running towards the scene. A moment later the throne room door was busted open. "What's going on!? What happened!?" What he found was one woman staring at the water shock and Butterfly looking between 'I'm about to have a panic attack' and 'Im about to cry' pointing at the water horrified. "LONGAN FELL IN!! THEY CAN'T SWIM AND NEITHER CAN I!!" What neither woman was expecting was the clattering of armor and a cape, and a second later a second figure disappeared into the rippling water. ........."*COUGH COUGH COUGH*" Black eyes opened up to a white ceiling, a throb to their skull, and a face inches away from theirs pulling back slowly. Two more heads joined the first one as their vision was fuzzy. "Longan, can you hear me? Are they ok?" "I can't be sure. They're bleeding jam from their head. We should get medical attention quickly." Everyone sounded like they were under water. "We need to get you both dried off! Who knows how much water your dough already absorbed!" "I thought dragons were immune to water?" "Only in their dragon forms! And the only one who's completely waterproof in any form is Lotus!" They might've blacked out again, not sure. But when their vision stopped swimming and they could feel again, they found themselves in bed. A bandage wrapped around their forehead where it hurt, and a servant fanning them insistently. A second servant was rubbing their black doughed arm with a towel but stopped when their master pulled away. "Where am I?" "Don't move please." Longan looks to the left, and their eyes jolt open seeing Dark Cacao Cookie in a robe that didn't quite fit leaving most of his chest exposed open. A towel was wrapped around his head and a third servant was fanning him as well. "You absorbed much more water than I have. They don't yet know if the damage is permanent yet." Longan looked at his ches- "I beg pardon. My eyes are not located on by biceps." Longan looked at him scowling. "Why am I here?" "From what I'm told you fell and hit your head against the floor before rolling into the water. I managed to get you out though." "Impossible. I do not trip like a clumsy infant." "No one said you were clumsy, but you did stop breathing for a moment or two. I had to perform CPR." ...Their eyes slightly narrow in confusion. "CP..R?" "Yes. It's a medical technique involving chest compressions and mouth to mouth resuscitation to help someone who's stopped breathing." Mouth to mouth-...Like. Kissing? Immediately their face drawls a blank, then they turn a light pink, then they glare in anger! "You dare touch me like that!? A cookie!?" Dark Cacao to his credit is calm. "Would you rather I did not perform cpr on you when you stopped breathing and let you die or that I managed to get your body to start breathing again well enough for you to be angry about it later?"
-They scowled hard at Dark Cacao for a long moment before turning to the ceiling. "Where is my mate?" "Miss Butterfly? She left to go get the Blue Dragon. Apparently they have the most medical resources and experience with these matters. She should be back any moment. Don't worry. She's alright, just worried about you. I also hope you don't mind, but she let me borrow one of your robes to change into. It is a bit..small though." Longan inhaled slowly before releasing it(they did NOT quickly glance at his exposed chest-). "..I expect nothing less." A moment of silence passed between them both with the only sounds being the two wyvern servants continuously fanning them to get them as dry as possible. "..What do you seek out of me?" He hummed looking at the dragon who stared back. "What do you seek in return? Power? Some part of my treasury?" Their black eyes narrowed. "Access to my mate?" "Well...if you could just lie there on the bed until they get here to look over you properly that will be good enough." "I don't believe that. You must want something." "Is that the only reason you think I helped you?" "What else is there to think?" "How about because showing kindness and helping others is the right thing to do?....With great power comes great consequences. I learnt that the hard way very long ago, and to this day I still regret my actions." His head tilted. "You also have regrets and suffered great consequences however there is one thing you did not learn that I did." "And what is that?" "With great power comes great consequences, but it also comes with great responsibility. I chose to bear the burdens but also reap the rewards of knowing I can help others when they need it, and yes that includes you...It does not matter if you believe me or not, but just knowing you're alive is good enough for me. If you do believe I want something, then perhaps just be kinder to others." Another silence followed as both stared at each other for a long, long moment and for a moment he believed Longan wouldn't speak again until they got back. "Where did you learn your medicine?" ...This time he smiled. "Oh, lots of hobbies in the Dark Kingdom involve ice covered lakes and ponds. Figure skating, hockey, ice fishing- In fact when I was a young cookie, my own father used to take me ice fishing with him all the time! *sigh* Such fond memories. Almost all my citizens are taught these things just in case someone falls through the ice. For safety reasons." That..was actually not a bad idea. A hand of theirs slowly reached to touch their mouth for a moment. "...That seems..useful." "It certainly is! It came in handy today didn't it?" "Yes. I will concede to that....You have earned a piece of my rare gratitude, but make no mistakes. I do not give it lightly, especially to a cookie." "Your welcome! If you'd like, I could teach you how. Just in case something like this happens to someone you know." They hummed. It was rare but not unheard of for their kin to drown if they were not a water dragon or had SOME kind of water attachment like Lotus. Their mate couldn't swim and Dragon Eye wouldn't stop playing near the water no matter what their parent told them....It would be very useful to have on hand. They nodded. "Show me." Dark Cacao blinked. "Now?" "No time like the present as the saying goes I believe. You will find I am very quick to new knowledge." By the time Butterfly and Mystic Flour came back with Lotus they found a ...pretty new sight before them. "You put one hand over the other, like that." Dark Cacao laid of the bed as Longan sat up, black hands hovering over where Cacao was positioning them. "You put them there and them push down in rapid sessions. After thirty you apply two mouth to mouth breaths. Go on and try." ".......I think I will just follow the instructions- !?"
-They froze as he just pulled their hands down on his chest. "You can't learn just by reading or hearing someone explain it! You learn by doing! You can't be afraid to just get in there!" Longan didn't move, but their eyes were WIDE and their face showed the slightest of pink. Lotus tilted their head raising a brow amused. "Should we go in now?" "No!" "We should not interrupt." Both women are definitely not staring at Dark Cacao and how pretty Longan looks with their long hair flowing around them and a little disheveled looking.
LOTUS: Lotus is just as surprised as everyone else...Yet somehow this quadruple is the second healthiest right after Ananas.
-It actually starts with Eternal Sugar. Yep. But it's not as bad as everyone thinks. Lotus is ready to get physical again if they have to once Hydrangea Cookie informs them the Beast was back, flew right into their paradise and in front of their palace. But it's more sad, kinda cringe, and awkward when they and Petal go to look out the window outside Lotus Palace and see a sight they were not expecting. Eternal Sugar standing there, crying, holding a record player playing sad music over her head, and behind her on the sidewalk are roses laid across the pavement spelling the words 'I'm sorry.' They just end up staring at her until the record player stops and she's hiccuping taking time out to wind it back up before holding it over her head again. She's not actually here to cause trouble this time. Turns out Hollyberry convinced her to start attending therapy sessions in return for Hollyberry agreeing to spend time with her and of COURSE Eternal Sugar quickly agreed. Her therapist suggested apologizing to everyone she hurt without expecting anything in return and she took off before Hollyberry could give them a heads up. Unfortunately she also asked Pavlova for advice on how to apologize and Pavlova being the hopeless romantic fanfiction novelist he is gave her a scene from an 80s movie only difference is there is a record player instead of a boom box. Eventually Lotus goes down to see wtf is actually going on. They don't get one word out before Eternal Sugar is back into dissolving into ugly sobbing again catching Lotus off guard as she blubbers through the ugly sobs and crying. It takes her almost ten attempts, three whole tissue boxes, and Lotus reluctantly trying to calm her down to piece everything together. "H-H-Hollyberry s-s-says *HIC* I-I was bad-...*SNIFFLE* a-and s-s-she wo-won't talk to-o-o me-me unless I-.....AAAAAHAHAHAAAA!!!" Yeah. Lotus gets the picture. Poor Hydrangea Cookie is sweeping the tissues and roses away to be cleaned up while giving scowls at the crying pink haired cookie for daring to dirty her master's perfect paradise. "Ah. So you came to apologize?" She nods still hiccuping through smeared mascara. Lotus doesn't detect any lying, after all they ARE a master manipulator themselves and while Eternal Sugar IS smart enough to deceive others, she's not as proficient as Shadow Milk is. "Pl-he-heeeeeze forg-g-ive me- *HIC* I-I want Ho-Ho-Holllyyybeeerrrrrryyyyyy- *HIC*." Both Lotus and Petal (standing a good distance away for safety reasons-) gives each other awkward looks. "....You are forgiven." Lotus is just gonna agree to get her to stop crying and to get out of this awkward situation. "But on the condition you stop coming by to harass my Petal." Instead they end up having to sit with her until she completely stops crying, and her face is a darker pink and puffy eyed. "Tea?" The pink haired woman only nods as Lotus has her a cup. Lotus may not like her (YET) but they're not a monster. If Ananas can give hospitality to Silent Salt so could they. Petal is still safely on their other side but she joined them. Somehow Eternal Sugar looks much, much smaller than she used to. Wings drooping and makeup smeared all over her face. It's honestly pretty sad that the powerful Beast Lotus fought almost a whole year ago now is just sniveling like a teenager who was stood up at prom. And you know what? Lotus takes this to their FULL advantage. "Now, now. There's no need to cry." A handkerchief was dipped in the water next to them, a moment later a hand was gently tilting Eternal Sugar's face towards the dragon as they gently turn her head towards them and gently began wiping her face much to her surprise humming and cleaning her up. "You're doing the right thing. Now you're going to ruin that pretty face of yours." "Lotus is very generous and kind."
-Petal narrowed her eyes as their partner graciously cleaned her up. "Unlike some cookies." "Now, Dear. We should fully support her in seeking help. After all, she came all the way here just to apologize." They lean forward a little bit making Eternal Sugar blink a moment. "As long as she's a good girl, I see nothing wrong with it.~" Now Lotus is VERY beautiful, arguably they are THE most beautiful out of all the dragons. Hydrangea Cookie knows this. All of Lotus Paradise knows this. Petal knows this. Everyone who ever sees Lotus knows this. Lotus themselves ALSO know this. So they use this to their entire advantage as the Beast Cookie goes wide eyed when Lotus finished cleaning her face and smiles at her. Closely. "My...What a pretty cookie we have here hiding under all that make up.~ But your face still looks so puffy...We have an excellent spa here on Lotus Paradise.~ Oh the visitors and Ananas especially loves it. I'm going to be nice and set you up with a full spa treatment and massage on me." "Darling?" Petal and Hydrangea look as surprised as Eternal Sugar does. "Do you know who she is?" "Of course. She is a guest. An uninvited guest, but a guest none the less and as a host I would be most disappointed if I did not show Miss Sugar here our famous hospitality until Miss Hollyberry retrieves her. Hydrangea Cookie, please escort Miss Sugar to that nice salon in town and arrange a room for her in the palace." Hydrangea is confused to her master's orders but doesn't question them as always. "Yes, Master. Please follow me." Petal waits for Hydrangea to pull Eternal Sugar away before turning her head in confusion and slight annoyance to Lotus. "Not what on earthbread were you thinking allowing her to stay after the waterworks show? After everything she had done?" Lotus only smiles that knowing smile that they always had when they were already planning something. "Have you ever heard the phrase 'kill them with kindness'? Sometimes it is more effective to get what you want by just simply being kind and hospitable and then just want for the opportunity to come to you." OOOHHH. She saw now. "So what do you want from her?" "Hmm...I don't know yet, but I have an idea. I need some time to see if it'll be worth it first." Turns out a massage and being pampered by others is just what was needed to placate the once ugly sobbing woman. Although Petal couldn't help but stare in disbelief when Lotus assigned servants to personally clean her room and bring Eternal Sugar some food when she just slept on soft silks blankets all day. "You're treating her like an honored guest-...No. I take it back. You're treating her like a pampered pet!" "Exactly! That is entirely my plan." "...Alright, but she is NOT going anywhere near Pond Dino! I don't want her bad influence rubbing off on my baby!" It was almost three or four days before Hollyberry finally decided to show up to personally remove the Beast. "I'm sorry. I wanted to send you a letter beforehand but she took off like Pitaya when they see a fight before I could stop her. Sorry for all the trouble she caused." Eternal Sugar is crying again clinging to the poor worn out woman like yellow on a sunflower. "Think nothing of it. She was no bother at all. It was the least we could do to encourage her to become better." "*sigh* We're still working through her attachment issues. As soon we get back, she's having another appointment." "You look quite tired from your travels." Lotus gestured to the palace behind them with a smile. "Come stay for the day and relax before you have to travel the long way back again." "Hm. I don't know. The last time someone said that, I was almost trapped inside a garden." Eternal Sugar sobbed louder. "No offense to you, Blue Dragon!" "None taken! If you feel more comfortable, I shall have Hydrangea Cookie set you up in a nice inn in town instead. We have good food and juice-" "Actually, maybe staying one night wouldn't hurt!"
-She was convinced by the juice. Petal was not so confused now, but she did wonder what Petal wanted from the both of them. Instead they set both ladies up again with rooms, full on pamper services, servants, and good meals. It's all a part of the plan. What plan? Simple. What better way to neutralize a threat then to get said threat on your side? At least that was the plan at first. Seduction was easy for them. Eternal Sugar gushed at Hollyberry, at anything the woman did. She looked at Petal when she offered to sing and dance for their entertainment with big goo goo eyes, while it irritated them...Having a Beast under their hands wasn't a bad idea. Why? 1. it effectively eliminated any threat. 2. Simply because they CAN. "Isn't Petal just radiant?" Eternal Sugar beams and agrees because of course she does. Lotus isn't lying. "And Miss Hollyberry is so delightful. She really livens up the party." She nods again. Lotus sighs. "You have such good tastes, Dear. I can see why you'd want to keep the both of them to yourself. *sigh* It's such a shame. Tch, Tch, Tch. Such a big shame indeed." Now that gets the pink cookie's attention as she turns to the dragon. "What is?" "Oh, nothing. I just find it fascinating how alike we are." She blinks. "We are?" "But of course. We both have excellent tastes, we are both owners of beautiful paradises, we both have a previous egregious past with harming others-..." A hand reached out to run across her chin and stopped to hold it as Lotus gave a sultry look at the staring cookie. "Hmm. Rather pretty if I do say so myself.~ If I had found you first, I would've added you to my treasury.~" They let go of her chin looking back to the performance like nothing happened. "A shame." ...All the feathers on Eternal Sugar's wings fluff up instantly, face a shock with her eyes popped open and mouth again, entire face a darker pink- "PAVLOVA COOKIE!!" The poor small Cupid drops his (fanfiction-) book in a panic as his mistress is standing in the doorway breathing heavily and looking out of breath, highly unusual for her. "M-Mistriss! W-Wha-" "I need every piece of information you have on love triangles and polycules immediately!" He stares a moment before beaming. "I'm way ahead of you!" Just a few seconds later not one or two but FIVE stacks of books, magazines, poems, scripts, and unfinished papers he wrote on was plopped on the floor in front of her. Each stack was almost two feet above HER head. "I have everything from love triangles to polycules! I also have harems, cheating, affairs, secret admirers, reverse harems, love rivalries, someone falling in love with someone else when they're already in a relationship, third wheeling, open relationships, arranged marriages to cookies with multiple wives or concubines already, and someone who thinks their spouse died so they find love again but feel guilty or so they remarry only to find out they didn't die so now they got two loves instead of one!!" He took a deep breath from explaining. "SO! Which ones do you want?" "All of them! Read them to me! And if I fall asleep, immediately pick up where we left off as soon as I wake up!"
-Petal is NOT amused when Eternal Sugar starts making daily trips to come see them again now with a renewed interest in courting her, Hollyberry, AND now Lotus. There's always too sweet sweets from her garden now left at Lotus Palace's doors as offerings, gifts of silks, once they found a whole marble statue of Lotus left in the middle of courtyard- "Was this your idea from the start?" Petal pouts arms crossed. Lotus only smiles. "Yes. But now I have the power of a Beast Cookie under me instead of against me. It should pose useful if used correctly." What Lotus was underestimating was Eternal Sugar's dedication. So it surprised them to one day find the woman serenading them outside their window with a lyre. They've never actually heard or seen this instrument played before so they were actually happy to sit there and genuinely listen to her play. "Master, I mean no disrespect-...But what do see in that cookie?" Both Hydrangea and Lotus are staring down at Eternal Sugar who somehow got a hold of gold, gems, and assorted sweet fruits from her garden were piled up around her as she stared up at Lotus smiling widely and holding up a sign that read 'roses are red, lotus blooms are pink, so what do you think?' Lotus is oddly genuinely flattered as no one's ever courted the Blue Dragon with such enthusiasm and dedication before. "She amuses me. Have servants go down and move the gifts to the Treasury....And tell Eternal Sugar she's invited to stay for dinner.~" As for why they find Hollyberry attractive- Lotus lost track of all three ladies one visit because they had to tend to some cookies who wanted permission to turn an area of Lotus Paradise into farmland, and eventually found both Eternal Sugar and Petal sat outside in the grass just staring at something intensely and sipping loudly on wine glasses. "What are you two ladies doing out here on such a hot day?" They don't look at them, both just point. They look and Lotus paused seeing Hollyberry in yoga pants and a tube top, one hand holding the marble statue lifting it up and down and up and down and up and down- Before with a grunt she slowly puts it down with a loud thud and wipes at her brow. "PHEW!! What a work out!" She flexes her arms unaware of the three watching her, muscles rippling, abs flexing. "Now for the legs!" ....Lotus slowly sits down next to them as Eternal Sugar passes them a champagne glass without looking up. "*SSSSSSIIIIIIIPPPP*" It turns out they were right when they said Eternal Sugar and them have the same tastes-
LYCHEE: In which Lychee finds out Pure Vanilla is VERY pretty and thus they decide what better way than to tick off the clown than to join forces with the Ancient....HEY!! Why is the stupid clown pretty too!? That's not fair!!
-Let's just admit it folks. Pure Vanilla IS very beautiful. Especially in his current form after he awakens his full power. Lychee finds this out the hard way one day when he comes to visit Actress because they're actually friends despite all knowing he's in love with her. Lychee only tolerates him because he's useful against the clown, and actually doesn't cross any lines, and Rambutan convinced them to try to make more friends with cookies. THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING HIM TO BE HOT!! OK!? HOW WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW!? "You want to see my cave?" They raised a brow as he smiles politely at them. "Why?" "Actress has told me of all of your magical crystals you harvest. Perhaps there is one that could use useful to keeping her safe." Lychee hums considering it....Ok. Seems reasonable enough. "Give me one hour to feed Fluffles and put him in his cave." "....Fluffles?" "Lychee's pet monster. He eats any trespassing cookie that enters Lychee's cave while they're not there. But he should be fine. Lychee was about to feed them an entire T-Rex from Dragon's Valley anyways." "OH!...Wait-" Pure Vanilla looks nervously at Actress. "They what?" "Oh, it's nothing...But if Pitaya comes around asking about a missing dinosaur, just be truthful and say 'I haven't seen any dinosaurs'. Which isn't a lie...Trust me. You don't wanna see Fluffles at meal time." Pure Vanilla is now slightly nervous. On the other side of the ocean, Pitaya is scratching their head and wondering why they've been losing dinosaurs. Pure Vanilla happily waits for Lychee to come back and gives him the go ahead to fly his airship to their main island. "Wow! What a magnificent cavern you have!" "Of course it's magnificent! It's MINE!!" As they're walking along, they don't notice the loose crystals above but Pure Vanilla does. Because he's looking around the beautiful crystals on the ceiling noticed one breaking off and falling towards the floating dragon- "LOOK OUT!!" It all happened so fast. A loud thud echoed through out the cave. Lychee was tackled to the ground. Dust and dirt was thrown into the air....Lychee coughed waving at the air...and they freeze at the sight above them. Pure Vaniila with his hands on either side of their body, leaned over them, and completely caging them under his body with their tinier form easy. His hat had fallen off in the scuffle and his flowing LITERALLY GLOWING golden locks are around them both like a waterfall as he heaves blinking at them. "Are you alright?! I dropped my staff so I can't see you." Maybe it's a good thing he couldn't because Lychee was staring wide eyed and jaw dropped at them...some kind of noise left their throat as they laid there splayed out like a starfish. ...Until they look down. AND CHOKE!! "YOUR SHIRT!?" SINCE WHEN DID HIS TWINKISH COOKIE HAVE A SCULPTED BODY!? "Huh?" A hand comes down to feel where the front of his robes were turned to shreds. "Oh. I must've torn my clothes on all the rocks and crystals lying around. Don't worry! I'm not hurt." Lychee is picked up from under the arms as he leans up and holds them like a cat or small kid. "I can heal you too. Are you hurt anywhere, Violet Dragon?" Lychee glanced at his chest-....."OW!!" They hissed. "Watch how you're holding me! I hit my head hard on the floor when you tackled me you numbskull!!" "Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry! Hold still and I'll heal you up." Of course his healing has no effect on the dragon because they weren't hurt to begin with. "I still have a headache! It's dangerous for a dragon to fly without full focus and I am NOT walking! I demand you carry me back!" Actress is not amused with Lychee's antics as they're smooshed face first into Pure Vanilla's chest as the Ancient awkwardly stands there. "....They said they were too hurt to walk." She groans and facepalms. "Lychee, quite being a pervert and get off him!" "Shhh. This is healing me.~" "How exactly is pressing your face into his biceps 'healing you'?" "Hehehehe. Recoperating.~....On second thought, I see why you like him.~ Let's keep him!"
-....Actress yanks Lychee from a red faced Pure Vanilla after he gives Actress a 'please help me' look. Lychee is smirking also blushing a deeper purple at him. "So when is he moving in?~" "Lychee, stop it. You're embarrassing him, yourself, AND me." "I can get his stuff if he wants." "Lychee, I swear-" "You're gonna have to try real hard to 'extract' me from this pure vanilla now.~ Course it's not going to be so 'vanilla' when I get a hold of yo-" "LYCHEE!!" Poor Pure Vanilla is reader than Burning Spice's dough. Unfortunately for him Lychee LIKES what they see, and now he WILL be subjected to their courting and shameless flirtations. He squeals. Yes. SQUEALS when Lychee picks him up and flings him over one shoulder- "V-Violet Dragon!! Please put me down! This is improper!" "For your kind maybe, but I see no problems carrying my mates." He chokes. "M-MATES!?" "Duh. We both love Actress. She loves both of us. So what's the big deal? Besdies I decided I like your cute little glowworm act.~ It was SO attractive when you drove that airship into the blue twig.~" Pure Vanilla is embarrassed by their sudden flirts and attention-.....But he's not exactly hating it either. It's actually kinda funny seeing the man blushing like crazy as Lychee presses one hand against the wall flirting with him when THEY are the smaller of the two. Actress tries getting them to stop but then she's either flirted with too or thrown over Lychee's other shoulder as they carry them around. Lychee has no shame perfectly convinced these two will fall for their charm and love them....and sadly it's not entirely false. Lychee has two hands and so they hold TWO sexy people's hands. ...At least until they're just hovering around their island and smell a familiar scent. It smells like blueberries and milk...And immediately they're growling, wrath bubbling up, and pupils are dilating. "THAT DOES IT!!" Their axe is summoned as they start flying towards the source of the scent. "I don't care what they say! I WANT THAT BLUE TWIG OBLITERATED!!" They EXPECTED Shadow Milk....And they weren't wrong! What they FOUND however. "We rarely get visitors compared to the other islands. It's nice to know you're having a nice time visiting ours-" "RAMBUTAN COOKIE!!" Two ladies turn up to the heavily heaving dragon growling and gripping that axe! "STEP ASIDE!! I'M HUNGRY AND COOKIE IS ON THE MENU TONIGHT!!!" Rambutan immediately puts up their hands. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on now! There's no danger here! She's just a visitor-" "OH SURE!! NICE TRICK BUT THERE'S ROOM FOR ONLY ONE SHAPE SHIFTER ON THIS ISLAND, SHADOW MILK COOKIE!! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME THAT EASILY!!" The 'woman' still has their back to Lychee freezing when sensing the dragon's absolute RAGE as Lychee raises their axe and growls. "At least have the dignity to turn around and face me you dam two faced sack of blue dyed pig fat!!" Yes they learnt that insult from Desert Rose. For a moment no one moved...before slowly the 'woman' turned around to face them and Lychee paused. "Shadow Milk Cookie? Who's that?" A completely different voice came out from the woman who smiled and held a hand to her face giggling. "I'm afraid you must have me mistaken with someone else, Mr. Dragon." "I'm NOT a mister or misses!" Lychee growled but they lowered the axe and lean forward staring wide eyed. "Your scent gives you away-" "I'm so sorry, Ma'am." Rambutan apologized. "I don't know about dragons where you come from, but here in the Tropical Soda Seas all our dragons identify as non binary." The 'lady' giggled cutely a hand to 'her' mouth. Lychee could see 'she' was dress daintily in a blue, black, and white dress with a cape. 'Her' pretty white hair tied up with a pretty blue bow. Basket of chocolate chip muffins on one arm.
- "It's quite alright." 'She' smiled. In reality Shadow Milk Cookie was SWEATING beads of sweat down their dough from being found out so fast, waving War Flashbacks to when Desert Rose chased him down with Burning Spice's axe for severely injuring Pitaya. Even THIS tiny dragon was more powerful than him and right now they were staring at him with an expressionless face, sharp axe in their hands. CLEARLY he didn't think this through!! "I'm afraid you're mistaking me for someone else. I am Lady Azure. But whoever this Shadow Milk Cookie is must be really powerful if you think he's a threat. Handsome too! I have a feeling he's VERY handsome." Lychee started at 'her' longer...before a wide, evil, smirk spread across their mouth. Shadow Milk Cookie felt his eyes go small when Lychee ran a tongue across their teeth. "Actually as a man you look too ridiclous....But as a lady- How about a court battle? I win you do what I want. If you win, I'll let you spend time with Actress.~" "....Hmm. Deal-" YES! SMC knows what a court battle is being the Fount of Knowledge. Yes. They also underestimated the tinest dragon- "So I'm going to these auditions next week on the mainland. It's for Honeyed Ham-Let." "Ah! A classic! Which part are you auditioning for this time?" Actress opened her mouth to answer but both jolted and Pure Vanilla dropped his tea when both heard a woman's shrieks and a shadow went past them from overhead. Making both look up. "LYCHEE, WHAT IN WITCHES NAME ARE YOU DOING!?" Lychee paused briefly to look back at them, a woman kicking and screaming over their shoulder. "Don't mind me. We had a court battle and I won, so I'm going to see how pretty of a clutch I can get out of this form. They're look so pretty with his blue eyes-.. Hey. Can we find some way to keep him a woman? He's a lot more pretty like this." "....Is that who I think it is!?" "HELP ME!!" A panicked Shadow Milk reaches a hand out to Pure Vanilla as Lychee turns to continue floating off. "I"LL DO ANYTHING!! REFORM CLASSES!! I'LL RECYCLE!! I'LL SEE A THERAPIST!! I'M TOO YOUNG TO BE A MOTHER!!" "No you're not. You're like what? A thousand years?" "VANILLY, YOU'RE THE HERO DO SOMETHING!?" Both Actress and Pure Vanilla slowly look at each other. "....Should we go help him?" Pure Vanilla sighs before standing up and beginning to run after them. "Hang on! Quit fighting back! Some of them see that as showing more interest!!" "NOW YOU TELL ME THIS!?" Actress sighs, chugs down the rest of her tea, and then runs off after them to save Shadow Milk from himself-
It took me a while but I think I cracked the code to what he, most likely, looks like under that helmet!
SO THAT BEING SAID!! He most likely looks something like-
THIS:
Of course he probably doesn't look exactly like this, and his eyelashes are probably white like they're teased on thecard instead, but this was the neatest I could draw him. Couldn't add the colors because I didn't have them sorry.
Ok. Never thought I needed to say this, but people have GOT to stop with treating writers and artists like shit. So I'm gonna break it down in parts.
AI ACCUSATIONS AND HATE COMMENTS:
From accusing them of using ai without proof to harassing people about ships about FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who aren't even real to sending death threats and hate over them!
I got a comment a few days ago from someone (no I will not release their username we do NOT condone harassment of any kind here), and they said I was 'lowkey racist' because I wrote Headcannons for a character. This character happened to be a person of color and apparently it's racist to headcannon someone's favorite flavor is chocolate when they're a person of color? Like-...When has junk food become racist!?
Chocolate is one of THEE most popular flavors of junk food. #1 apparently in ice cream from every chart on Google I could find-
So for the sake of argumentative if there was a character from media who suffered from albinism and someone headcannoned their favorite junk food flavor was vanilla are THEY prejudice against EVERYONE with albinism? If someone in media is from Ireland with flaming red hair and someone Headcannons THAT fictional character's favorite junk food flavor is strawberry does THAT make them racist against Irish folks? I would understand if someone's Headcannons are racial stereotypes, but calling someone racist for headcannoning a FICTIONAL CHARACTER who does NOT EXIST for liking CHOCOLATE!?
You see how ridiculous that sounds?
You can't just call someone racist with no basis. You can't accuse a writer/artist of using AI unless they state they use it OR have proof which you can't really tell too often, and some people do just make mistakes while writing!! FOR EXAMPLES:
-Maybe they don't speak a language or do but don't know enough so they make mistakes when posting in another language.
-Maybe they use Google translate to convert their writing into a different language.
-Maybe they're just starting out starting to write/draw and make mistakes.
-Maybe they have dyslexia or some other condition that makes it difficult for them to write/draw but they love doing it anyways!
-Or maybe they just write/draw bad but that's NO EXCUSE for attacking them or accusing them of using AI.
On top of it all it's just so dam rude to ask 'did you use ai?' on ANYTHING!! Art, writing, etc. On top of that if someone is just harmlessly sharing their Headcannons or their own interpretation on NOT REAL characters, that doesn't have to warrant you to comment something rude.
Or demand the content creator to make more or hurry up.
Or demand they not draw/write anything anymore.
Or steal, repost, copy, plagaurize, trace, etc someone else's hard worked on creations!! Just don't do it!!
Don't like it? Move on and don't look at it! No harassing!
SHIPS AND HEADCANNONS:
First of all! Wtf is up with everyone sending death threats and hate over these things? Like what the hell are ya'll thinking?
It literally doesn't matter! AT ALL!!
Who CARES if someone headcannons a character likes this!? Or this character does THAT!? They're fake! They're for FUN!! They're not meant to be taken seriously! Just because YOUR headcannons don't align with someone else, doesn't mean 'I need to be mean now'.
And on the ships....
WHO CARES!?
These characters are FICTIONAL!! They're NOT REAL!!! People can ship whatever they WANT!! OCS, Reader inserts, Crossovers, cannon ships, crack ships, friendships, found family, platonic ships, something you completely pulled off the bottom of your shoe one day-
It's all for fun!!
And I don't want to hear the old 'well this character is *insert cannon sexuality here*' excuse. Firstly people ship straight characters in non straight relationships ALL the time ME INCLUDED!! I LOVE Uzuren! Even tho Tengen and Kyojuro (these characters are both men and from Demon Slayer for those whom don't know who I'm talking about-) are BOTH straight men in the show and manga that doesn't stop me from loving this man x man ship!
So if someone wants to imagine a non cannon character as trans, gay, ace, non binary, etc go for it! By all means I love to see more rep either cannon OR fannon.
However it also goes the other way.
Here's some examples:
Let's say someone from the Deltarune fandom LOVES Susie x Kris!! Loves it! Writes for it! Makes art for it! Makes lots of cute headcannons for their Susie x Kris ship! Does that make it any LESS cannon that Susie and Noelle are cannonly together in a woman x woman relationship or at least mutually crushing? NO!!
Or Hazbin Hotel. Let's say someone really LOVES Alastor x Charlie. They also write, draw, make headcannons, etc for that ship! Does THAT automatically erase the fact Alastor is cannonly aro/ace and has NO interest in relationships? NO. Does that automatically make Charlie suddenly NOT bisexual and in a woman x woman relationship with Vaggie? NO!
Or My Next Life As A Villainess. If someone LOVES Katerina x Mary does that automatically makes all the OTHER female loves interests and male love interests she also has not cannon. No!
Or how about One Piece. If someone ships Nami x Vivi does that automatically makes the fact they're both cannonically NOT in any romantically relationship cannon? No!
Or My Hero Academia. If someone LOVES Deku x Bakugo does that suddenly make Deku and Uraraka's love story in the show not cannon either? NO!
Fannon does not equal to cannon. If someone ships a gay character with a not gay character that isn't hurting anyone. If someone ships a straight character in a gay relationship it's not hurting anyone. If someone ships any aro/ace character is general it's NOT hurting anyone!! Nor does it take away any representation or anything similar.
Headcannoning something other than cannon is NOT hurting anyone nor does it MAKE what IS cannon any less valid! It's fiction! ANYTHING can happen in fiction! Do NOT harass someone over FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. And also do not harass CONTENT CREATORS over what YOU think should be cannon! Creators should be able to do whatever they want with their own creations without harassment. Most content creators are even good sports about this matter. Most just enjoy seeing their audience love their creations so much.
Also I'll say this part again. They. are.
FICTIONAL. CHARACTERS.
They're NOT real! They don't care if someone ships them this way or head cannons this about them! So if I want to I can grab Shadow Milk Cookie from Cookie Run and grab Luke Skywalker from Star Wars and make them make out, get married, and have lots and lots of adopted kiddos who'll take out the galaxy and Earthbread together! Why? Just because I CAN and that's the POINT of fiction! You can create whatever ya want!
Don't like it? Move on and don't look at it! No harassing!
'CRINGE' OCS AND WRITING:
I put 'cringe' in posts because guess what? PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO POST CRINGE!! THAT'S RIGHT I SAID IT!!
Who CARES if everything is ooc to the point the characters are more like the writers OCS now!? Who care if someone makes the most cringe oc x character they're 'my wife and girlfriend' thing?! Who care if the writing and art is bad and doesn't appeal to anyone BUT the person who made it!?
WHO CARES IF THEY'RE MARY SUES!?
Let people write what THEY want! Don't like it? Move on and don't look at it! No harassing!
DARK FICTION/NSFW:
I am not an expert on either matter I will be honest. There are some authors who explore much darker and taboo themes/topics and others who wrote smut. I don't think they should be harassed either. I see a lot of authors and artists speak out about how they get comments and harassment from people who don't like the stuff or who DIDN'T read the warnings/tags they DELIBERATELY PUT on as content warnings.
I will say I know THAT because even though I don't really do really, really dark themes or overly NSFW content I ALWAYS be sure to put warnings on my content if it warrents it. I would be upset if I put 'Warnings for blood mentioned' and someone commented angry I wrote a bloody fight scene when THEY weren't the ones who didn't read the warnings.
So I WILL say if you don't like it just scroll on past it, block the tags or artist/writer if you don't like that stuff, make sure to read the content warnings carefully, and actually don't harass someone for it.
You mentioned the other dragons being horrified if Lychee was the one who saved their species SO-.....What would happen if only ONE of them saved their kind?
If only ONE of the 5 saved their entire species?? Hmm. Well first they'd have to get their mates on board with LITERALLY BIRTHING AN ARMY or CHIPPING OFF CHUNKS OF THEIR DOUGH TO BAKE ALL THESE BABIES!! Desert Rose especially since she's the one who'd have the most miserable experience while pregnant and in labor- However if they saw how important it was and agreed to getting pregnant multiple times and/or chipping off their dough multiple times to bake baby dragons-
Prepare for a literal army of THE MOST beautiful dragons you've ever seen because Lotus is going all out as soon as Petal says 'yes'. Has THE MOST babies. 3,000 in fact. They got the cookies, resources, planning skills, AND power to make it happen. Not only is the entire dragon race saved by Lotus and their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren because being so beautiful makes cookies flock to them, and since dragon genes are so powerful, the babies all just come out more flower dragons. EVERY. Time. But now flower dragons are plentiful again. The other dragons are as impressed as they are jealous.
Everyone is horrified and worried when the red dragon is flying through the sky, a teenage Snapdragon behind them, and about 800 baby dragons of all ages. Pitaya is loud and proud of their army of babies that will carry on their legacy for ever. However they're teaching them to fight at an early age. They WILL swarm big prey like dinosaurs like piranhas swarm an injured animal. One minute a giant T Rex is standing there, ten minutes later it's nothing but bones. This is one of the only times Burning Spice will genuinely say 'NOPE' and run away with an army of snapping baby teeth at his heels- Pitaya is so proud of them! Safe to say Mama is gonna be REALLY well protected.
Ananas second to Lotus is really the safest options to go with here. They don't have AS many as Lotus or Pitaya worried for their wife's safety and health, but 700 is still a lot and enough for their species to be revived as their children grow and find mates to one day have more hatchlings with. The Mango Tribe are bedazzled as hundreds of golden dragons (who actually get along with cookies) race across the skies shining like gold. Papa Ananas happy cries and plays with the youngest ones lovingly.
Longan sires the second most. Just a little bit over a thousand. I'd say around 1,200. They make SURE the age of dragons come back but jokes on them, Butterfly CAN and WILL sick the babies on Papa Longan if they so much as mention anything about being specist about cookies! Seriously. One time she sicked them on them and Pitaya walked in on Longan crawling on the floor out of a swarm of baby fruit and insect dragons covered in claw marks and bites- Only to be yanked back in for more play time-..Pitaya makes a mental note to NEVER make Longan's mate angry. EVER. However they ARE very well mannered and smart for their ages, a mix of Longan's natural intellect and Butterfly's kindness. Some even got their 'Papa's scary smile and blank stares.
Everyone thought Longan and Pitaya repopulating the species was worrisome. Even LONGAN THEMSELVES has to take a moment to blink in shock when they hear LYCHEE was the one to save their species. They are THE most cute dragons to be fair and get into aaaaalllll kinds of trouble. Lychee has about 450 of em to everyone's absolute utter horror. They're all in varying sizes since their mom is bigger than Lychee. Some are as small as Lychee while some are as tall as Pitaya or the other dragons. Lychee is salty about this but loves them ALL equally. Speaking of which like Pitaya they CAN and WILL sick them on enemies. Shadow Milk Cookie pops up ONCE and is in shock when hundreds of purple dragons turn to look at him as 'Papa' points. "GET THE COOKIE, KIDS!!" Actress looks up as Shadow Milk's shrieks echo outside-
Apparently, the encryption used for Cookie Run: Crumble's pre-registration site is messed up, allowing information like the email you pre-registered with, IP, device type and both kingdom and ovenbreak MIDs to be leaked. the site's API can also be taken relatively easily.
if we look closely, the information logged appears to be displayed in the coding site Scratch, but people who get this information can easily take the information out of the logs and share it with others. something to note is that your email will most likely not be hacked, as the password for your email account doesn't seem to be in the logs. it is still reccomended you still change your password just in case (also people with your email will be able to send you anything, including phishing scams and dangerous links, so always be wary!)
this is the video i found this out from
devsis as a company has never been the best, around a week ago they got backlash for using ai imagery (modified pre-existing images) in their game hub website, but this is definitely one of the worst things they've done and it should be talked about. remember to stay safe online
Omega!Reader who isn't the submissive pretty thing the taskforce expected.
Omega!Reader who glares or snaps at alphas who get too close or even bites if they have the audacity to leave a trace of their scent on him.
Omega!Reader who absolutely despises being referred to as small, pretty, or anything related.
But damn, Soap wasn't complaining when his strong omega had his hands wrapped around his throat, riding the sergeant and degrading him like he was meant for it.
"Look at you, pathetic. How can you call yourself an alpha?" Speeding up whenever Soap can only respond with a choked off grunt.
Omega!Reader who's a bit smaller than his teammates but has no problem knocking them on their ass or pinning them to the matt during training.
Omega!Reader who humbles his teammates so hard whenever they try to pounce on him during their ruts.
Gaz isn't even an alpha, but he finds himself unable to deny his omega anything whenever that oh so alluring man rubs his wrist gland against the crook of Gaz's neck, standing nearly chest to chest while keeping the beta trapped against the wall.
"You like my scent, yeah? You'd do anything for it?" He takes it as a yes when Gaz lets out a shaky exhale, tilting his head back against the wall to expose more of his throat.
This is all you're getting. It's 12am and I'm tired.
